Sawdust Fire
William Booth, of Causeway, was admitted to Canberra Hospital after receiving treatment for fumes when snake from burning sawdust…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
53 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
Fire at Presbytery
Braidwood had its first fire alarm for over two years, when on Sunday night, or, rather, in the early hours of Monday morning, 3.35, to be exact,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Fire Brigade Captain's Services Recognised
At last Shire meeting a notification was received from the Board of Fire Commissioners to the effect that volunteer Fireman W. J. Whitfield had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Dead-twenty Wounded Russian Tommy Gunners Fire on Anti-Communists in Berlin LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.)
According to the Berlin correspondent of the “Daily Mail”, at least one man is dead and possibly 20 wounded as the result of shooting by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Badges Not Wanted by Bush Fire Brigade Members
Maintaining that the emblems were unnecessary, Illabo Shire Council has declined to accept badges that the Bush Fires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Shoestring Defences Chifley Government Under Fire
In the shadow of an uneasy peace, of a foreboding world situation engendered by fear, distrust and a certain mount of international pin-pricking,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan Bush Fire Association Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the above Association was held in the offices of Woodger and Calthorpe Limited, Queanbeyan, on the 23rd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire
Fire in a laboratory at Melbourne University on Tuesday night destroyed valuable equipment valued at more than £10,000, and records…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Danger
Mr. Baddeley stated last week that on the recommendation Pf the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, conditions had been prescribed under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Fire
Early on Tuesday morning the Royal Mail Hotel at Hillston, valued at £35,000, was badly damaged by fire. Guests escaped from the hotel in their…
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Mr. Baddeley stated this week that on the recommendation of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee conditions had been prescribed under the Careless…
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Regulations governing the lighting of fires in the open air have been announced by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Danger Drastic Regulations
Regulations governing the lighting of fires in the open air have been announced by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley. They are embodied in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Brigades
Yarrowlumla Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, approved the appointments of Bush Fire Brigade Officers as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorists and Bush Fires
An appeal to motorists to display extra, care to prevent the starting of bushfires is made by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Season
The bush fire season is with us. Everything points to an unusually dry summer, A RED HOT ONE, with bush fires, dust storms, and blow-up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paint Survives Ordeal By Fire
Paints which will resist temperatures of more than 1,000 degrees fahrenheit have been developed a result of research by C.S.I.R., the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fire Season (H. E. Messer, Chairman, N.S.W. Government’s Bush Fires Advisory Committee.)
The Bush Fire season is with us. Everything points to an unusually dry summer, a red hot one with bush fires, dust storms and blow-up days…
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An appeal to motorists to display extra cart to prevent the starting of of bushfires is made by the N.R.M.A. Spokesmen for this body said that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Break Damage Insurance Companies' Liability
The question whether Insurance Companies were liable to meet claims for damage caused when bush fire brigades burnt firebreaks was raised…
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